THE BALLAD OF LITTLE RIVER: A TALE OF RACE AND RESTLESS YOUTH IN THE RURAL SOUTH

A veteran Southern journalist journeys into the heart of rural Alabama to reveal why the small town of Little River erupted into a series of violent racial incidents in 1997, including the murder of a young black man, an attack on the white owner of a local general store, and the burning of two black churches by five white teenagers.

Paul Hemphill is a prolific journalist, sportswriter, and novelist. The author of ten books, he has focused much of his writing career on the blue-collar South and its working-class denizens. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.